McAfee Corp has filed for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO). The cyber security firm however did not disclose the size of its offering and set a placeholder amount of $100 million. According to its filing, McAfee will be listing its shares on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MCFE”. The development comes at a…
The development underscores a growing trend of consolidation among communications, automakers and technology companies as they grapple with the massive investment and software expertise required to develop new services for which demand has yet to be tested. On Thursday, Japan’s Honda Motor Co and truckmaker Hino Motors Ltd stated they join a joint venture of…
Details of the joint venture plan could officially be released for public consumption as early as this week. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp are slated to launch a joint venture to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EV). The joint venture, in which Toyota will…
GE will however retain a 10% equity stake in ServiceMax, a business that it acquired in 2016 for $915 million. General Electric Co stated, its digital unit will be selling its majority stake in cloud-based service provider ServiceMax. GE will sell its stake to private equity firm Silver Lake. However, GE will retain a 10%…
Here is why the Blackstone Group acquired a majority stake in Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk business – data is the new oil. Tony James, Blackstone Group LP’s President made it amply clear to investors that the future of Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk business is in selling data and not in selling terminal desktop…
The effort is in line with Fujitsu’s intent on offloading its non-core businesses. On Friday, Fujitsu Ltd stated it is holding talks with Polaris Capital Group to sell its mobile phone business to the investment fund, a deal which could fetch as much as $456 million (50 billion yen). Japan’s Nikkei news agency stated that…
Vista Equity Partners Management has hired UBS to explore its options. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, a private equity firm, is exploring options for two software companies it owns, PeopleAdmin and PowerSchool, which include their merger in a deal worth in the range of $2 billion…
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